Employees in 2012 paid 4.2% of their gross wages towards social security (FICA tax), while employers paid another 6.2%. How much will someone earning $38,000 a year pay towards social security out of their gross wages?

Rachel reads 1/5 of the pages of a book plus 12 pages on the first day. on the second day, she reads 1/4 of the remaining pages plus 15 pages. on the third day, she reads 1/3 of the remaining pages plus 18 pages. on the fourth day, she reads the remaining 70 pages. how many total pages are in the book?

Explain why the factor 1.5 is broke. into two numbers in the model.

In a class, there are 12 girls. if the ratio of boys to girls is 5: 4 how many boys are there in the class